SF 78 (LSB 1624XS (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 78

BY  CHAPMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act to establish a future repeal date for all administrative rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 17A.5, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  A rule made effective in whole or in part pursuant to this section on or after July 1, 2015, shall cease to be effective five years after such effective date. The rule, or portion of the rule, may be adopted anew by the agency using the procedure set out in section 17A.4, subsection 1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a rule made effective in whole or in part on or after July 1, 2015, ceases to be effective five years after the rule’s effective date. The rule or portion of the rule may be readopted by publishing a new notice of intended action and subsequently acting to adopt the noticed rule.